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Hikage

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[ smh. ]



We'll find out soon.

Chocolate or cherry?

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I’m pretty hungry now... Both?

[tfw post exercise you immediately get hit with pics of donuts??? Or is there a hidden meaning?? Surely not.]

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There's a croissant one, so I'm getting that too.

[ A slight delay and then: ]



...how is this a croissant?

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...... It matches my sign??

[That is the stupidest non-justification ever but he’s too busy getting distracted by the nature of croissants.

Donuts probably shouldn’t have this many layers?? That’s a cake.]

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I like matching.

3 donuts should be enough.

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Wait, I was supposed to get a stuffed one too.

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Not bad, even if it's a little surprising.

[Well, surprising in terms of suddenly matching stickers and donuts, but that was just him being ridiculous. In general... this has been surprising all the way through, hasn't it?

Maybe he has to let that sit for a bit, but eventually...]

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An inauspicious number of donuts isn't the worst way to start, though.

[DEATH NUMBER DONUTS. This has just gone ridiculous once again but also they're still gigai zombies.]

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[ Reading the text with that sticker is enough to fluster him because he might not have been paying too close attention to what he was typing. There's been an increasing amount of sentimentality involved but he's just going to make a really poor attempt to tuck that away for now, he can't have a doki in public let alone while he's waiting in line at a donut shop. ]

Aesthetics are important.

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[ A delay that entirely has to do with him purchasing said donuts and nothing to do with him being embarrassed. ]

We've been cursed enough to build up a resistance, especially to something like baked goods.

Death is apple stuffed, today.

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[Donut shops are the best time for this?? Clearly. Subete is definitely laughing on his end but it’s probably affectionate in some way. Also all he sends is:]



[..... Agreement? Amusement? Either way there’s some air of smugness.]

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There should be enough cursed baked goods to make up for 20 years’ lack, yes?

[Ever so slowly dragging the mansion’s sad pantry continues, forever.]

That’s a classic sort of death, I’ll take it.

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[ Hikage probably smh'ed at the sticker but he's not putting that in writing. ]



The mansion was largely lacking in class, too.

What about us? Do we need anything else for tonight?

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Expecting a spider or the Foundation to have class was probably aiming a little high.

[RIP their fellow agents, as always, trapped in the disdain sandwich. But not by accident.

There’s a pause for thought since this was impromptu also hmm.]



I can get some things delivered, but see if there’s good otsumami on the way.

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All the more reason to stick to my taste. I did manage some sampling .

Hm, I doubt I'll find any traditional otsumami. What do westerners eat instead? Besides fried food. [ His current frame of reference is Graze in Minneapolis, so. ]

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I think I can agree with that.

[In all kinds of ways, really. All this donut business, like much of their other business, just ends up unnecessarily but interestingly tangled...]

Finger foods of all kinds?



Anything on most small bites or appetizer menus, as far as I can tell. The menus are pretty varied.

[His current frame of reference is mostly ‘copious googling’ paired with some experimentation. ☆]

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[ And he's probably distracted himself but it's fine! Also that emote and this text...he's def smiling because Subete and food are an entire ordeal that he may find cute in a particular way but. Mouth sealed! ]

I'll see if anything is open.

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[ Also it's probably somewhere around 10am at this point because they both wake up too early. ]

There's a bar named a library nearby. [ Alas he would link but he's an old man, but meta is not so The Library Co. ]

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[He's still slowly learning to read the different gradients of butterfly; and there's always so much going on underneath the surface and currents of all these text exchanges no matter what. But maybe that's what makes them useful.

Or they're just nerds absolutely overusing stickers.

It takes a bit for him to browse The Library's website -- it's not hard to find, even if it's predictable enough, and his smile is probably still a-lingering from the butterfly earlier but it widens a little in further amusement.]

Fried pickles?



[... That's probably teasing. A beat, and then:]

The pretzel and sausage is a decent balance, too. Too bad they don't have library-themed dishes, hmm?

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[ They're absolutely nerds overusing stickers but maybe all of the above too! Case in point, the mention of pickles makes him flush and he's thankful he was just about to get out of the car and not actually in the bar yet. ]

youre eatingthem if idont likethem

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[ Is this a missend or is he trying to project bravado and poise he doesn't have, it is a mystery™. ]

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[ And then like nothing happened! ]

And the pretzel & sausage. What would library-themed dishes even be?

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[It takes a while for him to reply, honestly, because getting avalanched with the combo of typos and that ridiculous bravado cat is a little too much when he's already losing his composure?? Please. This is so much. Okay, once he's done laughing:]

Of course.



[Deliberately, this time.]

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And well, I'm sure there are all kinds of book and writing implement-shaped things one could do in the world of gastronomy. You've seen some of the more creative things wagashi has done. Let's see...

[After a moment of googling Hikage gets this as well as this for some variety...]

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[ Squinting at but he's not going to dig his own grave so a sticker will have to suffice. The pickle was embarrassing... ]

We already have sweets. The second one is weird, even with the vegetables.

...but we don't have any for tonight.

[ Because he likes veggies a lot, but Subete probably knows that by now. Also he's probably not thinking about trying to get a vegetable display? Probably. ]